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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1973
Page
1
Members of the Washington Historical Society and friends may view a large collection of Indian artifacts at the Coppock residence of William Cochran and his brother in Coppock at 2 p.m Sunday. The Coppock House will also be open for viewing.
Des Moines fire investigators probed a Thursday night blaze that gutted the Park Fair Skaggs Drug Center. The fire, reported around 6 50 p m, forced two dozen personnel to fight the flames as 30 customers and about five employees escaped unharmed with no damage estimate yet.
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, 90, remained critically ill at Helsingborg Hospital, aided by a respirator. A hospital bulletin said his condition was unchanged and very serious, with slight stabilization and the king semiconscious at times after an operation for a gastric ulcer.
The General Accounting Office reported Roy J. Carver of Muscatine contributed 124 times to Nixon re election campaign committees after the new disclosure law took effect April 7 totaling 267633.57 dollars. Auditors show Nixon committees received 39.3 million dollars in major donations while the McGovern Shriver ticket drew 21.3 million.
London sources say European leaders want Nixon postponed, fearing disarray and lack of unified positions for Atlantic Charter talks. They warn an early start could harm relations. Kissinger’s expanded role may aid, with October visits rumored but reception cool.
Mostly cloudy conditions persist with cool temperatures. Highs reach the mid 70s this afternoon while winds from the east to southeast blow at 8 to 15 mph. Tonight brings the same mild winds and lows in the mid 60s.
National Indian activist Dennis Banks reports AIM will take no further action in Iowa after a 90 minute meeting with Gov. Robert D. Ray. He says the governor will pursue a framework for Indian complaints and may study creating a statutory Indian affairs commission or similar forum. Banks plans to report to the AIM board that protests should be curbed and that the open door policy will hear Indian concerns.
LeMars Daily Sentinel wrestles with a severe newsprint shortage as strikes at Canadian mills trigger dwindling supplies. Editor Carter Pitts describes emergency measures including using high priced book paper, smaller type, and reduced features while securing additional shipments and borrowing from neighboring papers.
In Hampton area Franklin County Sheriff Duane Payne said two rustling incidents this week raise thefts to 130 head since January. A farmer loss 15 pigs valued at 450 dollars and another producer lost three cattle. Investigation ongoing with signs of theft evident.
The United States plans to remove 3 550 troops and more than 100 aircraft in the first phase of a pullout from seven Thailand bases. MACTHA chief Maj Gen Thomas W Mellen and Thai deputy chief Lt Gen Kriangsak Chamananda agreed on immediate withdrawal steps with further reductions planned for September. Thailand faces economic impact from the move as Thanom Kittikachorn notes the U S has spent heavily while not all servicemen will depart.
Washington County Hospital Board of Trustees postponed the opening of bids for an intensive care unit remodeling for at least 90 days due to an inadequate number of bidders. There were bids for general construction and mechanical work but none for the electrical contract, blamed on heavy workloads. The plan calls for remodeling two existing rooms in the acute hospital with re advertising for bids in hopes of slower winter schedules.
Police probe after a man, tentatively identified as from Columbia Pennsylvania, was shot and killed at Geneva Golf and Country Club in Muscatine early today. Paul Haley, a private merchant policeman, reported he halted the intruder with two warning shots as he entered around 2 30 a.m. and fled.
Richard Downing of Draper and Kramer urged the Iowa Highway Commission to study an I 74 interchange at East 53rd Street Davenport to aid a planned 1 million square foot shopping center. He forecast $100 million in annual business and $3 million in sales tax, saying the project would fail without the interchange.
Charles Town West Virginia Amer ican Farm Bureau Federation President William J Kuhfuss warned that as long as the Nixon administration keeps farmers guessing about economic strategy no full effort to raise food output is possible He said ongoing political handling of export controls on wheat and feed grains keeps producers at risk and unsure of new methods from the White House Kuhfuss serves on the Presidents Food Advisory Committee to the National Cost of Living Council and notes the government may manipulate prices creating a major handicap for farmers and ranchers.
FBI sources say agents conducted break-ins at foreign embassies for three decades to gather intelligence until 1966. Officials note illegal activity extended to organized crime figures, with Nixon hinting wider national security burglaries. officials dispute specifics and deny current practice.
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